Essential Standard #:
7.L.1:Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce and carry out the basic functions of life.

What is a Trait?

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/tour_trait.html

May 13-14 Monday/Tuesday

14-3 Mendel's Work Test

http://www.quia.com/quiz/3065335.html


May 10-Friday

Punnett Square practice




May 9- Thursday-CHANGE IN PLANS...NO TEST TODAY!

14-4 Probability and Heredity Cornell notes



May 8- Wednesday

Mendel's Color sheet



May 7- Tuesday

An Inventory of my Traits- survey/graphing- After you graph, calculate the percentage of students in your class that have the trait.

#of students with the trait X 100 = ___%
#of total students in class




May 6-Monday

Finish Mendel's Virtual Lab

EOG Prep review



May 3- Friday

Mendel's Peas Virtual Lab

http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/mendel/mendel.html



May 2-Thursday

Write summaries for notes and work on the EOG Prep review found on wiki.



April 30-May 1: Tuesday/Wednesday

Cornell Notes on Genetics: The Science of Heredity



April 29- Monday

Assemble Respiratory System on bodies

Begin Cornell Notes on Gregor Mendel and Heredity



April 25-26: Thursday/Friday

Respiratory System Test on Quia


April 24-Wednesday

Appendix Testlet


Make up work day


April 23-Tuesday

Respiratory System- Discovery Education Assignment and Video



EXTRA CREDIT= Create a foldable with the vocabulary words on page 2 of the handouts. Worth= 50 points



April 19-22:Friday/Monday

Respiratory System Color Sheet


Respiratory System Video

April 17-18: Wednesday/Thursday

Respiratory System Cornell Notes



April 15-16: Monday/Tuesday

Digestive System Test

**http://www.quia.com/quiz/2961727.html**


April 12-Friday

Missing Work Make-Up Day


April 11-Thursday

Magic School Bus "Eat Lunch"

ABC Chart

Discovery Education- Digestive System Constructed Response


April 10- Wednesday

Digestive System assembly- Students will get into groups to label, color, cut, and assemble the digestive system to the paper bodies.


April 8-9: Monday/Tuesday

Digestive System Brochure/Foldable


Mar 29- April 7 Spring Breakexternal image MH900438159.jpg


Mar 28- Thursday

Finish Color Sheet

Begin Digestive System Foldable- Students will create a tri-fold brochure of the Digestive System




Mar 27- Wednesday

Complete summary for 9-3 Notes and submit to Edmodo

Digestive System Color Sheet





Mar 25-26: Monday/Tuesday

Cornell Notes on Digestive System



Mar 22-Friday

Bill Nye, Digestion video



Mar 20-21: Wednesday/Thursday

Excretory System Test on Quia

**http://www.quia.com/quiz/2909136.html**


Mar 19-Tuesday

Benchmark Testing-Math

Excretory System assignment in Discovery Education.


Mar 18-Monday

Benchmark Testing-Reading

Lesson on How to Write an effective Summary

Re-Writing of Summaries for Excretory System after picking apart those summaries submitted with notes.


Mar 15-Friday

Excretory System worksheets



Mar 13-14:Wednesday/Thursday

Get into groups of 4 and begin labeling the parts of the Excretory System to be placed on the Skeleton bodies.

Mar 12-Tuesday

View the power point on Kidney Stones


Complete your summary and turn in Cornell Notes

Excretory System color sheet



Mar 11-Monday

Excretory System Cornell Notes




Mar 8-Friday

Work make up day



Mar 7- Thursday

Crossword puzzle for Skin System


Mar 6- Wednesday

Quia-Skin Test

**http://www.quia.com/quiz/2886893.html**


Mar 5- Tuesday

Bill Nye video "Skin"- Students will create an ABC chart as they watch the video.



Mar 4- Monday

Skin color sheet



Feb 28-Mar 1: Thursday/Friday

Cornell Notes for the Skin 8-5




Feb 26-27: Tuesday/Wednesday

Blood Pressure Virtual Lab

Go to the following website and read the Information. Work through the virtual lab to complete the worksheets and answer the questions.
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/labs/BL_14/index.html


Feb 25-Monday

Completion of Fridays work


Feb 22-Friday- 2 hour Delay

Informative Articles on Sickle Cell and Components of Blood-After reading two articles, students will answer questions and take a quiz.




Feb 21-Thursday

PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME

Completion of Sickle Cell Foldable and Components of Blood Foldable


Feb 20- Wednesday

Using microscopes, students will examine normal blood and sickle cell slides. They will create a foldable by drawing their observations and answering questions.





Feb 19-Tuesday

Discovery Education assignment on Sickle Cell Anemia

Use an ABC chart as you watch the videos and fill in information. One chart for all 7 video clips. Then read about the young boy with sickle cell.
www.discoveryeducation.com

Log in: lcs(ncwise#) ex. lcs123456
Password: ncwise# ex. 123456

Feb 15-Friday 1/2 Day

Circulatory System Foldable- Components of Blood (textbook pages 389-392)

  • Plasma

  • Red Blood Cells

  • White Blood Cells

  • Platelets



Feb 14-Thursday <3

Valentine Day

Create a wet slide of the letter 'E' and view it with a microscope



Feb 13- Wednesday

Magazine Assembly

Make up day


Feb 12- Tuesday

Completion of Test


Feb 11-Monday

Test on Circulatory System


Feb 8- Friday

Completion of Virtual Lab

Circulatory System Color Sheet




Feb 7-Thursday

Discovery Education- Virtual Lab

Log into discoveryeducation.com and select "Assignments". Click on "Getting to the Heart of It" virtual lab activity. On the back of your sheet write the definitions for cardiac output, heart rate, and blood pressure. Answer the questions located in the plan section.

Getting to the Heart of It



Discovery Education Log in information:
UN: lcs(ncwise#) ex. lcs123456
PW: ncwise# ex. 123456


Feb 6-Wednesday

Completion and submission of notes

Bill Nye, The Science Guy: Blood and Circulation



Feb 4-5: Monday/Tuesday

Cornell Notes on the Circulatory System




Jan 28-Feb 1

Students will be working on a Human Body Web quest the the week. They will visit selected website to learn about the body systems.

http://mrscameronswiki.wikispaces.com/Human+Body

Monday- Testlet: Skin and Its Care

Tuesday- Testlet: Muscular System

Wednesday- Testlet: The Excretory System

Thursday- Testlet: Circulatory System

Friday- Testlet: The Digestive System



Jan 25- Friday


Jan 23-24: Wednesday/Thursday

Muscular System Test

**http://www.quia.com/quiz/2869646.html**


Jan 17-Thursday

Testlet: "Protect against rabies"



Jan 16-Wednesday

Benchmark Testing- Math

Make up day for Core 4



Jan 15-Tuesday

Benchmark Testing- Reading


Testlet: Strong Muscles


Worksheet on Muscular System




Jan 14-Monday

Muscular System Cornell Notes




Jan 11- Friday

Mighty Muscles Guided Notes

Using Discovery Education.com, complete the guided notes and write an 8 sentence summary.

http://tinyurl.com/acf77xx


Student Login for Discovery Education

o Username LCS(ncwise#) ex: LCS12456
o Password: (ncwise#) ex: LCS12456


Jan 10-Thursday

Finish Test and complete construction of Skeleton


Jan 9-Wednesday

Quia TEST on the Skeletal System

**http://www.quia.com/quiz/2852914.html**


Jan 8- Tuesday

Continue Skeleton Assembly


Jan 7-Monday

"Know your Bones" Worksheet

Get into groups of 4 and begin labeling the bones of the body to be assembled into a Skeleton.


Jan 4-Friday

Completion of Color sheet


Jan 3-Thursday

Testlet: Skeletal System- Healthy Bones

Skeletal System Color Sheet


Scrambled Bones




Jan 2- Wednesday

Skeletal System Cornell Notes


Have a Merry Holiday Vacation....See you next year!

Dec 20Thursday-1/2 day dismissal

Dec 19- Wednesday

Skeletal System Cornell Notes


Dec 17-18-Mon/Tues

Completion of Fridays lab

Test on Body Organization and Homeostasis



Dec 14- Friday

Completion of Lab- using graph paper, students will analyze and graph their results.

Dec 13-Thursday

Homeostasis Lab



Dec 10-12; Mon-Wed

Students will begin taking the Cornell Notes on 8-1 Body Organization and Homeostasis.



Brain Pop- Cells
http://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/cells/

Dec 7-Friday

Completion of both Cell foldables

Dec 6-Thurs

Progress Reports go home

Completion of first foldable and begin the second


Dec 5- Wed

Student assembly in Gym- Boys at 9:30 and Girls at 10:30


Students will create a foldable on the Organelles of the Cell. Using the tri-fold paper, fold along solid line and cut on dotted |line. With the flaps closed over top of one another, write the name of the Organelle on the outside flap, inside-right flap- draw a picture of the Organelle, and on the final square- write the function of the Organelle. You will need to create 2 foldables. Use the Textbook to get your pictures and functions, page 520.
  • Use ink pen to write their functions/definition
  • Use colored pencils or markers to create the Name and Picture of the Organelle
When completed, glue both tri-fold foldables to a narrow strip of poster board, one on the front and the other on the back.


Words:
1. Cell wall
2. Cell Membrane
3. Nucleus
4. Nuclear Membrane
5. Chromosomes
6. Nucleolus
7. Cytoplasm
8. Endoplasmic Reticulum
9. Ribosomes
10. Mitochondria
11. Vacuole
12. Lysosome
13. Golgi Body
14. Chloroplast
Additional Resources:
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/miramesa/Organelles/animal.html


Dec 4- Tuesday

Test on 14-1 Discovering Cells


Quia:
**http://www.quia.com/quiz/3420856.html**


Dec 3-Monday

Using colored pencils, students will color the Plant cell

Plant Cell




Nov 30-Fri

Using colored pencils, students will color the Animal cell

Animal Cell




Nov 29-Thursday

Students submitted their 14-1 notes along with an 8 sentence summary.

Label the parts of a Microscope and right the definitions of each part on the back of the sheet.




Nov 28-Wednesday

Completion of Cornell Notes 14-1



Nov 27-Tuesday

Make up day for missing work


Nov 26- Monday

Cornell Notes: 14-1 Discovering Cells